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Yolo Carbon Farming Partnership

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Proposal
Planning/Design
Implementation
Post-Implementation
Completed

Contents

Project Overview

Basics

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Carbon Farm Planning & Implementation
Yolo Carbon Farming Partnership

Implementation
This partnership between the Center for Land-Based Learning, the Yolo Resource Conservation District, the Carbon Cycle Institute, and the Yolo Land Trust seeks to increase the pace and scale of carbon farm planning and implementation in Yolo County through the development of model carbon farm plans, trainings, and outreach tailored to agricultural producers.

2022
2022
2024
7/2/2025

Project Attributes

Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None

Location

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None Selected

This project focuses on carbon sequestration throughout the county and is not associated with any particular watershed

Organizations

Funder
  • Yolo County, CA
Lead Implementer
  • Center for Land-Based Learning
Partners
  • Carbon Cycle Institute
  • Yolo County, CA
Primary RCD
  • Yolo County Resource Conservation District
Other Partners Yolo Land Trust

Contacts

Heather Nichols - Yolo County Resource Conservation District (Yolo County RCD) (nichols@yolorcd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Events Event Type: Technical Training 4
Events Event Type: Workshop 2
Events Event Type: Farm Tours 1
Planning Document Plan Type: Carbon Farm Plan 3

Reported Performance Measures

No annual Performance Measure accomplishments entered for this Project.


No accomplishments to report for:
Year(s): 2022-2023
Explanation: The first of three model carbon farm plans is currently being developed.

Financials

Budget

$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Yolo County General Fund (YOLCO) $30,000.00 $0.00 $30,000.00
Total $30,000.00 $0.00 $30,000.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2022 2023 2024 Total
Yolo County General Fund (YOLCO) $3,082.50 $7,515.00 $0.00 $10,597.50
Grand Total $3,082.50 $7,515.00 $0.00 $10,597.50

Note: None provided

Project Themes

Project Themes

This project aims to build capacity for carbon sequestration in Yolo County.
This project engages with producers through training resources, workshops, and field trips.
This program targets local farms and growers to provide access to technical training and examples of successful carbon farm plans that can be adapted to their own property.

Project Details

Attachments

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Notes

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External Links

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Photos

Photos

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    Partners assess opportunities for on-farm carbon sequestration during a site visit. 
(Timing: During) (~223 KB)
Credit: Yolo RCD

    Partners assess opportunities for on-farm carbon sequestration during a site visit.
    (Timing: During) (~223 KB)

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